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The policy change is part of Lurie’s Breaking the ... A harm reduction activist from the San Francisco Aids Foundation distributes needles for intravenous drug use. These activists had certainly met ...
In San Francisco, Mayor Daniel Lurie announced a big change in drug policy. City-funded programs will no longer be able to distribute safe-use drug supplies unless they are tied to counseling or ...
The latest debate about San Francisco’s drug policies centers on a one-sentence policy and how the city should define a person’s “recovery” from addiction. As Supervisor Matt Dorsey pushes the city to ...
“harm reduction” was official policy in San Francisco. As a formerly homeless heroin and fentanyl addict in recovery, I saw firsthand how this policy, which tried to make illegal drug use “safer,” ...
Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...
Editor’s note: This is the first part in a two-part series examining how San Francisco’s reevaluation of drug policy could ... supportive housing policies could change in the coming years.
San Francisco Democratic Party Chairwoman Nancy Tung said a top priority for the state party is ensuring the city's police department is operating at full capacity.
The directive is simple — no more handing out drug equipment in public spaces like streets, parks, or sidewalks.
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie said the city's drug overdose crisis requires a bolder approach to getting illicit drug ...
San Francisco’s new Democratic mayor, Daniel Lurie, announced Wednesday that he is rolling back the city’s policy of freely distributing drug paraphernalia. City leaders have pursued a harm ...
Democrats nationally may be in turmoil, but liberals in San Francisco are hopeful over a new mayor's collaborative style in a city known for its infighting and chaotic streets.